The 2018 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes is showing especially well, delivering an inviting bouquet of peaches, pear, dried white flowers, hazelnuts and honey, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and muscular palate that's textural and structured, concluding with chalky back-end grip.

The 2017 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes has tightened up after bottling, unfurling in the glass with notes of crisp peach fruit mingled with hints of pear, vine blossom, almonds and honeycomb. Medium to full-bodied, muscular and structured, it's deep and concentrated, with a long, saline finish. This will need more time than I anticipated when I tasted it from barrel.

Jobard’s 2010 Meursault Charmes is all about plushness, texture and volume. It possesses striking purity in its fruit, but remains pretty much one dimensional, although that dimension is incredibly beautiful. Layers of yellow stone fruit with tropical overtones flesh out on the rich, large-scaled finish. Some of the intensity trails off just a touch on the finish, but not enough to materially detract from the wine’s stunning balance. The 2010 was aged exclusively in foudre. Anticipated maturity: 2014+. Remi Jobard describes the 2010s as having the richness of the 2009s and the elegance of the 2008s. I suppose that’s as good a description as any. Jobard began bringing in his 2010s on September 21. Yields are down a whopping 40-50%, but in exchange Jobard has a superb set of wines that are rich yet not at all heavy. It is a vintage in which the personality of each of these sites comes through in spades. As I mentioned last year, Jobard is among the small but growing number of white Burgundy producers experimenting with foudres, which seems to work especially well with his wines. The Narvaux, Genevrieres, Poruzots are partly aged in foudre, while the Charmes is done entirely in foudre. Importer: Peter Weygandt, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800

The 2009 Meursault Les Charmes is the richest of these 2009s from Jobard. It boasts gorgeous depth in its radiant, expressive fruit. This is a decidedly flashy, extroverted wine endowed with tons of class and elegance. I have a slight preference for some of the more focused wines here in 2009, but there is no denying the Charmes. It is fabulous. Anticipated maturity: 2012+. This is a striking lineup of 2009s from Remi Jobard. The wines are characterized by finesse and elegance. Jobard began harvesting on September 5th. He opted for a slow pressing that lasted 6-12 hours. The wines were racked into barrel with their fine lees. New oak was 15-20%. The wines spent 12 months in oak followed by 6 months in steel. The 2009s were bottled in February and March, 2011. Jobard has also begun experimenting with larger barrels for some of his wines. The 2009 Meursault Narvaux aged in 950-liter barrel I tasted was hugely promising. Importer: Peter Weygandt, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800